Repeating rifle.



Patented Nov. I3

A. v0N zEKE a. K. RDL.

REPEATING RIFLE.

(Application led Jan. 19, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)

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lTo all whom it may concern:-

'UNiTED Sl'infrns vParent OFFICE.

ADOLF VON ZEKE, OF BUDA PESTII, AND KAROL RDL, OFGi'llK'hl'),

l AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

nEPi-:ATING RIFLE.

` SPECIFFLCATION forming/part of Letters Patent No.

' 1899. Serialllo. 702.743. (No model.)

Application lecl January 19.

Be it known that we, ADOLF VON ZEKE, a

A resident of Buda Pesth, and KAROL RDL, a

resident of Gdll, Austria-Hungary, subje'cts of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary,

have invented certain new and useful 1mprovenients in Mannlicher Repeating Rides,

' of which the following is a specification.

The discharged cartridge is'drawn out of the This invention relates to improvements in. the known Mannlicher'repeating riflesand is for the purpose of operating the loading automatically by means of. the recoil. Bythis invention the breech-closer is unlocked and returned by the recoil compressing thereby a helical spring arranged in a guideconstructed in one with the casingk of the mechanism.

riein .the known manner and ejected, while by the lowering of the butt a cartridge is brought, as formerly, into the loading-plate, which is brought into the loading-chamber after the return of the breech-closer, which by the effect of the resistance of the spring is thrown forward, so that the manipulation for `firing the cartridge in the magazine is limited l to pulling the trigger.

The lock ofa ride, as in this invention, is

in general similar tothe known Mannlicher rifle-locks. Only a few alterations are necessary, as shown in the following description.

1n the description the construction and ac'- tionor` the Mannlicher repeating ride aretaken to be known, and therefore only those parts bearing upon this invention are described.

Thewannexed drawingsillustrate the improvements of this invention, Iin which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the mechanism at'the moment of tiring. The magazine is shown empty. Fig. 2 isan upper view of Fig. 1. Fig.` 3 is a side view,parts being represented'as broken away'.- Fig. 4'is a horizontal section of the front part of the breech-closer. Figs. 5,6, and 7 are respectively sections on the lines a. b c d e f of Figs. 2 and Fig. 8 isa section on the lineg h of Fig. 1. Fig.l 9 is a perspective View of the locking-bolt. y

The barrel 1 is joined in the known manner with the casingv 2 and this with the stock 3 and magazine 4. The casing-2 is lengthened the breech-closer,

'head 6,- and the handle 7.

ing 2.u

ee1.9oo. daten November 13, 1900.

consisting of the lknown breech-closing piece 5, the

In the breechcloser is the firing-pin S, the spring 9, and the firing-piu head. 10.A The handle and breechclosing pieceare of one piece. The casin g 2 is vat the side (on the left) provided with a socketlike guide 1l, constructed in one with the casing and closed at thefront by a fixed wall an d at the back bya plate 12`,n1ovable around a bolt arranged on the casing 2. vided on the side toward the casing with a lougitudinal slot 13, which serves for guiding a side shoulder 14 ou the head 6 of the breechcloser. This shoulder consists of a' circular plate, which is joined by means of a stem t.-

parts-that is, the

This guide is proting into Ithe slot 13 with the head ofthe breechy closer. This shoulder 14 is brought from behind into the guide 1l after opening the plate 12 en vmoving the breech-closer-into the casspring 15, the otherend of which is supported byithe plate 12, brought into closed position. When the breech-closer is returned byl the recoil, the spring 15 expands andV pushes the breechcloser back again into the closed position,

1n order to retain the breech-closer at rest in the rear position during loading, a catch is arranged consisting of a spring 17, provided on the guide 1l. This spring has on its free end a nose 18, which engages into a slot of the guide i 11. 'It has, cheeks 19, between which anpeccentric 20is seated. vWhen Iiring, the eccentric 20 has the posit-ion shown in Fig. 3, in which the nose 18 is lifted outof the course'ot' the shoulder 14; but when loading it is turned backward, so that the nose goes into the lineof the shoulder 14. The shoulder 14 lifts vthe' nose'of the spring 17 whilethe breech-closer is pushed back,' but it immediately catches in front of the shoulder 14. and prevents 'the same from moving forward. The breechcloser is retained in the closed position 'by the bolt 21. This bolt 21, Fig. 9, is pivoted in the casing 2 and forms atwo-armed lever, the forearm of which in the closed position of the breech-closer leans on an abutment`2 of thebreech-closer, (see Fig. 1,) and nth( `rear arm engages by means of its nose Then it serves as an abutmentfor a,

moreover, two side with the finger 24 of the trigger-'16. I The blt projectile has had time to quit the barrel.

AAs -the bullet' leavesthe barrel the recoil overpowers the opposition ofthe bolt and turns I,the latter downward out of the line of the breech-closer,.and consequently the trigger and the finger thereof are returned to their normal position. The breech-closer is un,-V locked` and can move backward with the striking-pin 8. The sear26 is lifted into the line ofthe striking-pin head l0 by the spring 27, so that the sear can catch the 'striking-pin head in the known manner and can compress the principal spring 9. "[hev bolt 21 does not hinder the forward locking of the breechcloser. The pressure of the mainspring alone is not suiicient to open the breechcloser, whereas a slightdrawing on thehandle by hand is sufieient to open the breech-closer, as the actual locking of l the breech-closer is eected at the moment of firing. The breech# closer moves a cartridgeinto -the loadingchamber in the known manner when looking,

' forward, s0. that when firing thedescribed movements are repeated.

The bolt is with regard, to the ordinary Mannlicher rifle much simplified and connected with the firing mechanism. Also the catch-piece 29 of the iring-pin- .has been al tered, as on account of the guide 11 the same cannot bea-arranged on the left, but is here located on the top of the.handlepiece/"l It is movable arg-und the pin 30 and engages ia v 1'. The combination with a stock and barrel immovable in said stock of the lock-easing a guide 11 in one piece therewith and sit uated at the side thereof a spring A1,5 in said guide, a breech-closer 6 having a shoulder 14 bearing against one end of said spring, and

the'otherend of said spring substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. The `combination of a two-armed -bolt 21 onthe casing 2, pin 25 for' said bolt, and a Sear 26 lDivoted on pin 25 withth'e breechcloser and firing-pin therein, and a spring '2 commontothe bolt 2l and sear 26, th'e bolt.

.an abutment formed as a movable plate for 21 being adapted to hold the breech-closer afterfring until the latter is set free bythe recoil.

3. The combination with the guide 11' and breech-closer having a shoulder 14 of a spring- 1'7 havinga nose 18 and an eccentric 20 adapt-. ed to bear on said spring 'and cause the no se 118 to engage .the shoulder 14 during loadilglg.`

Inv witness whereof we have signed this specification ih the presenceof two witnesses.--

ADOLF Y.; ZEKE. KAROL REDL. i/ Vitnessesz Y MORITZ MOENZERF, JOSEF S. CULLEN. 

